Tuesday's Daily Brief

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 Arianna Huffington: HuffPost's New eBook Examines the Successful Fight to Repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell Arianna Huffington: Today finally marks the end of the deeply flawed policy known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" -- which for the last 17 years allowed gays and lesbians to serve in the military... as long as they didn't admit they were gay or lesbian. Fittingly, it's also the publication day of HuffPost's second eBook, How We Won: Progressive Lessons from the Repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Aaron Belkin's compelling exploration of the long road to repealing DADT. And Belkin should know since, as the founder and director of the Palm Center, he was among those working for over a decade to repeal it. His insider perspective gives a unique look at what went right and wrong, and provides a kind of best practices guide for civil rights fights going forward. BLACK VOICES Death Row Inmate Denied Clemency Despite Doubts Of Guilt WORLD Gaddafi Calls Revolutionary Takeover A Charade BUSINESS SEC Reportedly Probes Possible Insider Trading Before U.S. Downgrade SPORTS Did The Giants Bring Flopping To The NFL? WOMEN 6 Workplace Skills Women Can Learn From Men BLOG POSTS Nathaniel Frank: After Don't Ask, Don't Tell: The Meaning of Repeal to America "Don't ask, don't tell" -- the policy and even the mere phrase -- says much about who we are as Americans. What we do in its wake will help shape what it means to be an American in the twenty-first century -- well beyond the rise and fall of this bizarre and convoluted law. Major Casey Moes: What the Repeal of DADT Means for Me Although the repeal of DADT isn't an all-encompassing panacea for gays and lesbians serving in the military, the cruelest part of this policy has come to an end: I don't have to trade my values for my service. Alec Baldwin: Why I Really Missed the Emmys I want to take this opportunity to clarify why I did not attend last night's Emmy broadcast. Gordon Brown: Keeping Our Promises At the turn of the millennium, the world came together to promise that by 2015, every child would complete a full course of primary schooling. Progress is stalling. Joanna Dolgoff, M.D.: How to Put the Brakes on Speed Eating In today's fast-paced world, many of us struggle with an overly packed schedule and little time to actually sit down to eat. As a result, busy people gulp and go.

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